Hard-coded or exposed secrets can provide direct access to applications, infrastructure, databases, and cloud services.
Store secrets in approved secrets-management systems, restrict access, rotate credentials, prevent secrets from entering source repositories, and monitor usage.
| FRAMEWORK CODE | FRAMEWORK NAME & DETAILS | FAMILY / CATEGORY | VERSION | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISO27001 | ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 specifies auditable requirements for... Clause: 7.4 – Communication |
ISO
Standard
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| IRDAI | IRDAI Information & Cyber Security Guidelines IRDAI information and cyber-security requirements... Clause: §2.12-3.2 – Key Management; §2.3-3.5 – Privileged User Accounts |
India
Guideline
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| RBI-CSF | RBI Cyber Security Framework / Master Directions RBI cyber-security requirements and directions set... Clause: 6) Application Security Life Cycle (ASLC) – 6.4 Security requirements for access, authentication, authorization, integrity, logging, audit trail, sessions and exceptions; 8) User Access Control / Management – 8.2 Protection of customer access credentials, authentication information and tokens |
India
Regulation
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| SEBI-CSCRF | SEBI Cyber Security & Cyber Resilience Framework SEBI’s Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience Framewor... Clause: 5.1 RS.MA: Incident Management; 5.3 RS.AN: Incident Analysis; 5.4 RS.IM: Improvements |
India
Regulation
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| DORA | Digital Operational Resilience Act The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act establis... Clause: Article 9(4)(c) – Logical/physical access limitation and access-rights administration Article 9(4)(d) – Strong authentication, cryptographic keys and encryption |
EU
Regulation
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vCurrent | View → |
| NIS2 | NIS2 Directive The NIS2 Directive establishes EU-wide cybersecuri... Clause: Article 21(2)(h) – Policies and procedures regarding cryptography and, where appropriate, encryption |
EU
Directive
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vCurrent | View → |
| PCI-DSS | PCI DSS PCI DSS is an industry security standard maintaine... Clause: 6.2.4 – Software engineering techniques or other; 8.6.2 – Passwords/passphrases for any application |
PCI
Standard
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v4 | View → |
| COBIT2019 | COBIT COBIT is an enterprise governance and management f... Clause: 4.3 – Build, Acquire and Implement (BAI) > BAI03 – Managed Solutions Identification and Build > BAI03.03 – Develop solution components. |
COBIT
Governance Framework
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v2019 | View → |
| NIST-CSF | NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) The NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides high-lev... Clause: GV.OV – Oversight | GV.OV-03 – Organizational cybersecurity risk management performance is evaluated and reviewed for adjustments needed |
NIST
Framework
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v2 | View → |
| NIST80053 | NIST SP 800-53 NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5 presents control families, i... Clause: 3.7 – IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, 3.18 – SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION; IA-5 – AUTHENTICATOR MANAGEMENT, SC-12 – CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT |
NIST
Control Catalog
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vRev. 5 | View → |
| NPCI-ISR | NPCI Information Security Requirements NPCI information-security requirements define cont... Clause: Security Measures / Controls; Application Security Life Cycle |
India
Standard
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vLatest | View → |
| SOC2 | SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria SOC 2 is an independent examination and reporting... Clause: CC6.1 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – The entity implements logical access security software, infrastructure, and architectures over protected information assets to protect them from security events to meet the entity's objectives. CC6.3 – Logical and Physical Access Controls – The entity authorizes, modifies, or removes access to data, software, functions, and other protected information assets based on roles, responsibilities, or the system design and changes, giving consideration to the concepts of least privilege and segregation of duties, to meet the entity’s objectives. CC2.2 – Information and Communication – COSO Principle 14: The entity internally communicates information, including objectives and responsibilities for internal control, necessary to support the functioning of internal control. |
AICPA
Audit Framework
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